

Austin's vibrant LGBTQIA+ community deserves affirming mental healthcare. Headway offers flexible sessions across neighborhoods like Downtown, South Congress, and East Austin, with 2,481 providers ready to support your wellness journey.
It’s so nice to meet you. I believe that taking care of your mental health is an important part of living a balanced and fulfilling life. As a licensed professional counselor, I’ve spent years helping children, teens, and adults work through challenges like depression, anxiety, and everyday stress. My goal is to create a warm and supportive space where you can feel comfortable, understood, and ready to take steps toward feeling better.
I’m Dr. Emem Nkanga, Doctor of Nursing Practice. I believe that everyone deserves a personalized and compassionate approach to mental health care. I bring over 20 years of experience in healthcare, with a focused dedication to psychiatry over the past 4 years. My passion lies in supporting mental health and emotional well-being.
I work with children ages 10 and above, adolescents, and adults from diverse backgrounds who are experiencing challenges such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, PTSD, bipolar disorder, OCD, insomnia, and more.


Headway makes it easier to connect with affirming therapists who understand your identity — from finding the right therapist, to understanding costs, to scheduling with ease.
Finding an LGBTQIA+-affirming therapist in Austin starts with identifying what kind of support you're looking for. You may want help with anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, identity exploration, coming out, or navigating the specific stressors that come with living as an LGBTQIA+ person in Texas. An affirming provider is one who respects and supports your identity as a foundation of care — not something that needs to be explained or justified in session.
Austin has a large community of licensed mental health providers with experience in LGBTQIA+ concerns, including LPCs, LCSWs, psychologists, and psychiatrists. When evaluating a provider, consider their stated specialties, approach to affirming care, and whether they offer the session format that works for you — virtual, in-person, or both. Reading a provider's bio can give you a sense of their style and background before you commit to a first appointment.
Therapy in Austin can be expensive out of pocket, but using in-network insurance is one of the most reliable ways to lower your costs. On Headway, you can enter your insurance details to see estimated session costs before booking. Nationally, Headway partners with over 100 insurance plans, and many patients pay as low as $0 per visit. Every provider listed on Headway is accepting new patients, so you can move from searching to scheduling without the back-and-forth of verifying availability or coverage on your own.
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